When will it end? For everyone under lockdown orders in the coronavirus pandemic, that is the key question. How long until American life can return to normal, without risking the disease reigniting out of control and overwhelming hospitals? Examining the question are three new reports, from the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for American Progress, … Read more
Terrifying moment that huge ‘gas’ explosion destroys house and leaves man, 55, injured, as witnesses describe ‘whole street shaking’ Huge ‘gas’ explosion destroyed a house and left a 55-year-old man injured today Police and firefighters were called to the home in Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury Man was reportedly rushed to hospital with serious injuries from flying … Read more
NATURE Dangerous Earth by Ellen Prager (University of Chicago Press £20, 272 pp) Are we in the right mood just now for reading about natural disasters? Actually, it’s when you think things can’t get any worse that a book explaining just how much worse they can get is genuinely bracing, like a cold-water swim on … Read more
Terrifying moment driver, 70, crashes head-on with another car after falling asleep at the wheel and swerving across road Vauxhall Astra driven by pensioner veers across A59 near York and Harrogate Car then crashes into Nissan Note travelling in the opposite direction on road Motorist, 70, admitted to falling asleep at the wheel and banned … Read more